Fraud Prevention

What we do

Ensure your business stays secure with our advanced fraud prevention solutions that detect and prevent fraudulent activities in real-time.

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Uncover complex threats in real time

To tackle sophisticated threats such as money laundering and fraud, our platform goes beyond basic monitoring. It surfaces connections dynamically, analysing data in real-time to reveal intricate networks and patterns that may indicate illicit activities.
Real-time risk detection

Quickly identify emerging threats, enabling faster intervention and reducing the likelihood of compliance breaches.

Real-time risk detection

Quickly identify emerging threats, enabling faster intervention and reducing the likelihood of compliance breaches.

Continuous monitoring

Our system never rests, scanning data sources around the clock to ensure no suspicious activity goes unnoticed.

Continuous monitoring

Our system never rests, scanning data sources around the clock to ensure no suspicious activity goes unnoticed.

Targeted alerts

Receive notifications specifically designed to highlight potential threats, ensuring you stay ahead of any fraudulent activities.

Targeted alerts

Receive notifications specifically designed to highlight potential threats, ensuring you stay ahead of any fraudulent activities.

AML

What is fraud prevention?

Fraud prevention is a set of measures put in place to protect a company’s assets and ensure its security. These measures will usually involve monitoring customers in order to detect any suspicious activity.

  • Utilise advanced analytics to detect fraud risks.
  • Implement robust internal controls and audits.
  • Integrate anti-money laundering (AML) checks to ensure compliance.
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Challenges of traditional monitoring systems

  • Manual updates required: These systems' reliance on predefined rules means they depend heavily on manual adjustments to stay relevant..
  • Lack of comprehensive Insight: Manual methods fail to provide a holistic view of customer or counterparty behaviour.  

 

The easiest way to be alerted to fraud is to use an electronic platform

The SmartSearch platform will check for suspicious activity by continually monitoring various data sources including reference agencies and fraud lists and alert you to anything potentially fraudulent.
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Get in touch today

Our comprehensive range of anti-fraud services, including ID validation, bank, mobile, IP address and device validation and access to global fraud data - can be tailored to your specific requirements to create a bespoke fraud prevention solution. 

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How our resources can support you

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    Resource library

    Explore our resource library for expert guides and tools to support your compliance processes.

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    Contact us

    Speak to one of our AML and compliance experts.

There’s a reason over 7,000 clients put their trust in us

We’re more than just an automated platform. SmartSearch will assist you with the design and implementation of a risk-based approach to suit your business. We’ll keep you up to date with ever-changing anti-money laundering regulations, and be your point of contact for any queries.
Acasta Case Study

The onboarding process has allowed us to enhance our user experience, whilst improving compliance oversight without the need for manual intervention.

Audit & Compliance Manager, Acasta Europe Limited
Arena Case Study

The ease and efficiency of the AML checks made SmartSearch really stand out. We were particularly impressed with the automatic reporting feature that instantly downloaded to the back-office system to deliver a full audit-trail of our clients.

Arena Investment Management
Thorntons Case Study

The SmartSearch system is easily accessible and very user-friendly. Customer service is excellent and any queries are met with a very quick and knowledgeable response.

Karen Hogan, Thorntons Investments

Serving professional AML regulated industries

Trusted by over 7,000 regulated businesses, SmartSearch's next-generation technology is the UK's leading solution for AML and risk management.

Ensuring Solicitors and Legal firms are AML compliant

Our AML and digital compliance solutions are trusted by 1 in 3 of the UK’s top 200 legal firms.
  • Benefit from industry-leading pass rates
  • Enhance client relationships
  • Protect your reputation
  • Reduce compliance risk
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Innovative AML solutions for Accountants

SmartSearch provides award-winning AML and digital compliance solutions to 1 in 2 of the UK’s top 100 accountancy firms.
 
  • Experience hassle-free AML and compliance
  • Benefit from industry-leading pass rates
  • Deliver a frictionless customer journey
  • Streamline your onboarding process
 
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AML checks for Estate Agents & Property companies

Make anti-money laundering and digital compliance easy - over 1,000 property firms benefit from our award-winning solutions.
  • Experience hassle-free AML and compliance
  • Benefit from industry-leading pass rates
  • Deliver a frictionless customer journey
  • Streamline your onboarding process

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Delivering AML compliance for Financial Services firms

Trusted by over 2,000 financial services firms to meet KYC and compliance obligations set by the Financial Action Task Force.
  • Benefit from industry-leading pass rates

  • Accelerate your customer onboarding without compromising on compliance

  • Deliver a frictionless customer journey

  • Experience hassle-free AML and compliance

AML technology for Investment Banking

Protect your investment firm and stay up-to-date with the latest compliance regulations for AML.
  • Benefit from industry-leading pass rates

  • Accelerate your customer onboarding without compromising on compliance
  • Deliver a frictionless customer journey
  • Experience hassle-free AML and compliance

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AML solutions for Insurance firms

Keep your insurance firm safe from financial crime and ensure your compliance in-line with the latest guidance from the government.
  • Benefit from industry-leading pass rates

  • Accelerate your customer onboarding without compromising on compliance

  • Deliver a frictionless customer journey
  • Experience hassle-free AML and compliance
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Innovative AML solutions for Gaming firms

Ensure safe gaming for your organisation with SmartSearch’s all-in-one AML platform.

  • Benefit from industry-leading pass rates

  • Accelerate your customer onboarding without compromising on compliance

  • Deliver a frictionless customer journey

  • Experience hassle-free AML and compliance
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AML and compliance for Banking organisations

Prevent financial crime, ensure compliance with anti-money laundering requirements, and protect your firm’s reputation with SmartSearch.
  • Benefit from industry-leading pass rates

  • Accelerate your customer onboarding without compromising on compliance

  • Deliver a frictionless customer journey

  • Experience hassle-free AML and compliance

AML solutions for Cryptocurrency firms

Prevent financial crime, ensure compliance with anti-money laundering requirements, and protect your firm’s reputation with SmartSearch.
  • Benefit from industry-leading pass rates

  • Accelerate your customer onboarding without compromising on compliance

  • Deliver a frictionless customer journey

  • Experience hassle-free AML and compliance

AML and compliance technology for Property Development firms

Thanks to SmartSearch, it has never been easier for property developers and businesses to keep on top of their AML requirements. 
  • Experience hassle-free AML and compliance

  • Benefit from industry-leading pass rates

  • Deliver a frictionless customer journey
  • Streamline your onboarding process

 

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Frequently Asked Questions

AML, or Anti-Money Laundering, involves procedures and regulations to prevent, detect, and report money laundering. This three-stage process of ‘placement,’ ‘layering,’ and ‘integration’ is used by criminals to legitimise illegal funds. SmartSearch helps identify and verify individuals and businesses, mitigating risks such as impersonation and money laundering, while ensuring compliance with the latest AML regulations and FATF laws and directives.

A Politically Exposed Person (PEP) holds a prominent public role and, due to their influence, poses a higher risk of bribery and corruption for money laundering. PEP fraud involves targeting these individuals to hide illegal funds. SmartSearch provides PEP and Sanctions screening on every AML check, with the option for continuous client monitoring. Hosting the Dow Jones Factiva Watchlist, which includes over 1,100 global Sanction and PEP lists, our innovative data matching minimises false positives, saving you time and money.

You must complete customer due diligence on all customers in order to check they are who they say they are and mitigate the risk of fraud. If a customer gives false information, or is attempting to use someone else’s identity, the CDD process will identify this. Ongoing monitoring will then alert you if their status changes, for example, they are sanctioned or declared bankrupt, allowing you to reassess the fraud risk they pose.

The easiest way to be alerted to fraud is to use an electronic platform, like SmartSearch. Our platform will check for suspicious activity by continually monitoring various data sources including reference agencies and fraud lists as well as bank card and mobile phone activity and alert you to anything potentially fraudulent.

See it in action

Let one of our highly-trained AML experts demonstrate the multi-award winning SmartSearch AML and compliance product.